Del Mar Futurity

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by oracle80

very nice call madam. He was quite good. I'm not sure what went amiss with prime ruler, but I sincerely hope it was nothing serious. His debut was quite promising and to run last like he did was a shock.
Upon watching the replay it looked as if he was off in behind when pulling up.
In any case the winner was great, and I'm not quite sure that Prime could have beaten him even if he had replcated his debut. The best horse certainly won this race today. Kudos.

Why thank you, kind sir.

I hope Prime Ruler is okay......

Just caught the replay and yeah, Horse Greeley really looked good. Saw him at HP in July... he had that spark.

Kinda like you.

[KY_Sasquash]

Originally Posted by oracle80

very nice call madam. He was quite good. I'm not sure what went amiss with prime ruler, but I sincerely hope it was nothing serious. His debut was quite promising and to run last like he did was a shock.
Upon watching the replay it looked as if he was off in behind when pulling up.
In any case the winner was great, and I'm not quite sure that Prime could have beaten him even if he had replcated his debut. The best horse certainly won this race today. Kudos.

It looked like PR was bumped a little at the start and i read that he lost his left iron; still he didnt run a lick.

Originally Posted by KY_Sasquash

It looked like PR was bumped a little at the start and i read that he lost his left iron; still he didnt run a lick.

Sasquash.
Something else happened. I don't know if he grabbed himself coming out or what, but when a horse that talented doesnt run one step or even make a move at any point, you know something was wrong.
Looked like he wasn't pushing off at all down the lane.
He showed so much talent in his debt, hoping hes ok and we get to see him again.

[Honu]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Why thank you, kind sir.

I hope Prime Ruler is okay......

Just caught the replay and yeah, Horse Greeley really looked good. Saw him at HP in July... he had that spark.

Kinda like you.

Horse Greeley has never been to Hollywood Park so I assume you are talking about Prime Rulers spark.

Originally Posted by Honu

Horse Greeley has never been to Hollywood Park so I assume you are talking about Prime Rulers spark.

Honu!!!
Congrats!!!! That was awesome.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Honu

Horse Greeley has never been to Hollywood Park so I assume you are talking about Prime Rulers spark.

Yes well I'm quite the moron and no I didn't mean Prime Ruler.....

Horse Greeley and Edwardian were kind to me and yes, I actually did confuse Del Mar with HP. Shoot me!

[Honu]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Honu!!!
Congrats!!!! That was awesome.

Hey man thanks, what a great end to a so-so summer for us , Spellbinder winning the Berkley at Golden Gate was nice too , but not near as exciting as having a good 2 yr old. Ill be off to Hawaii for 10 days come Sat. , Im looking forward to not having to think about horses for a while,what Id really like to do is come up with a major idea on how to move back there again.

Originally Posted by Honu

Hey man thanks, what a great end to a so-so summer for us , Spellbinder winning the Berkley at Golden Gate was nice too , but not near as exciting as having a good 2 yr old. Ill be off to Hawaii for 10 days come Sat. , Im looking forward to not having to think about horses for a while,what Id really like to do is come up with a major idea on how to move back there again.

Honu I wish you the best on your vacation!! You've certainly earned it and whenever a Mandella runner crosses the line first I wonder if its one of yours. I assume since that was a stakes winner and you are the "A team" that it was indeed one of yours. You did your job with the little fella very well. He couldn't have learned to run like that in his afternoon races, so I assume you taught him to rate and finish in the mornings. Awesome job!

And you are in the horse business. If you moved back there, even if you were sipping drinks on the beach, being tended to by a very attractive man, you'd get tired of it.
You'd miss the hoofbeats pounding and the smell of hay and oats. You'd miss getting on those nice horses and wondering if they were gonna win the stakes race that weekend.
You'd be back!!!

[Honu]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Honu I wish you the best on your vacation!! You've certainly earned it and whenever a Mandella runner crosses the line first I wonder if its one of yours. I assume since that was a stakes winner and you are the "A team" that it was indeed one of yours. You did your job with the little fella very well. He couldn't have learned to run like that in his afternoon races, so I assume you taught him to rate and finish in the mornings. Awesome job!

And you are in the horse business. If you moved back there, even if you were sipping drinks on the beach, being tended to by a very attractive man, you'd get tired of it.
You'd miss the hoofbeats pounding and the smell of hay and oats. You'd miss getting on those nice horses and wondering if they were gonna win the stakes race that weekend.
You'd be back!!!

Ah my friend the thing is I lived there for 2 years and after the first few months I didnt even think about horse racing or watch it on tv. I didnt know who won what and didnt care and if I wanted to pet a horse or ride one there are plenty on the island. It is the life for me , I didnt appriciate it as much as I should have while I was there and if circumstances were diffirent I wouldnt be back at the track, such is life with unexpected turns. Ill get back there some day , somehow some way, its island life for me, lol reminds me of the Greenacres theme.

Originally Posted by Honu

Ah my friend the thing is I lived there for 2 years and after the first few months I didnt even think about horse racing or watch it on tv. I didnt know who won what and didnt care and if I wanted to pet a horse or ride one there are plenty on the island. It is the life for me , I didnt appriciate it as much as I should have while I was there and if circumstances were diffirent I wouldnt be back at the track, such is life with unexpected turns. Ill get back there some day , somehow some way, its island life for me, lol reminds me of the Greenacres theme.

Well in that case, I hope you find the sandy beaches you seek and never smell another oat again!!!

[Gander]

Hawaii can make you forget about anything! What a place and I have only been there once.

What island are you going to Honu? I have only been to Kauai.

Best of luck to the Tin Man next time and have fun on your vacation.

[Honu]

Originally Posted by Gander

Hawaii can make you forget about anything! What a place and I have only been there once.

What island are you going to Honu? I have only been to Kauai.

Best of luck to the Tin Man next time and have fun on your vacation.

Im going back to Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, thats where I used to live.